"Take away the fetters—the business of society will go on—the States will be for ever in debt, and be for ever struggling with the embarrassments of a depreciating paper."

"The difference of opinion, on the subject of the bank, has been a principal cause of the schism which has lately taken place in the executive departments."

"Men are naturally ambitious, vindictive, and rapacious."

"The true principle of a Republic is, that the people should choose whom they please to govern them. Representation is the only principle by which a free government can be maintained."

"I am a man of the world, and I have seen enough of it to know that there is no such thing as perfect happiness."